Their Works Follows Them

When Jesus returns to judge the world, He won't ask what you believed. He'll ask what you did.

Their Works Follow Them confronts the uncomfortable gap between the faith we profess and the mercy we actually practice. Through the story of Eliakim—a man who was religiously correct but obediently inert—this theological meditation examines the seven questions Jesus said He will ask at the final judgment:
I was hungry. Did you feed me?
I was thirsty. Did you give me drink?
I was a stranger. Did you welcome me?
I was naked. Did you clothe me?
I was sick. Did you visit me?
I was in prison. Did you remember me?
What did you do with the Widows and Orphans?

These aren't symbolic questions.
They're diagnostic ones. And according to Jesus, the answers determine everything.
This book explores why good people—people who believe correctly, pray sincerely, and attend faithfully—so often fail to practice the mercy they profess. It examines the barriers that keep mercy theoretical, the mechanisms of delay and delegation, and what faithfulness actually leaves behind when words have ended.

Featuring:
• 29 chapters exploring Matthew 25:31-46 and James 1:22-27
• Study questions after each chapter for personal reflection and group discussion
• Comprehensive Scripture and Topical Indices
• For readers of Dallas Willard, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, N.T. Wright, and Scot McKnight

This is not comfortable. This is not easy. But it is essential.
The questions are waiting. Not because I wrote them, but because Jesus asked them.